Eric Rasmussen

Get to Know Eric

Eric Rasmussen

Eric Rasmussen is an award-winning investigative journalist whose career spans two decades. He has reported and anchored for TV stations across the country including Minneapolis, Boston, San Francisco, and Orlando.

Eric is a winner of the prestigious duPont-Columbia Award and has also received multiple Emmy, Murrow, and Associated Press awards in recognition of his investigative work.

“Some of my most rewarding stories include a national investigation uncovering how thousands of foster children had their cases closed while they were still missing, exposing allegations of discrimination in banking, and helping a US Marine veteran prove his citizenship after his own government denied his passport application.”

Eric’s interest in journalism began in high school after giving a speech about the physics of baseball during a debate tournament, where a judge wrote, “I felt like I was watching a TV news report!”

He later graduated summa cum laude from Boston University with a degree in broadcast journalism.

Eric’s work has taken him around the globe to places such as Spain, the Panama Canal, and Sweden, where he reported on some of the toughest drunk driving laws in the world.

When he’s not in front of the camera, Eric is behind the turntables pursuing his other passion as a DJ.

“I fell in love with hip-hop music as a kid in the 80’s and I’ve collected hundreds of records since then. My hobby serves as a reminder to myself that you can’t always judge a book by its cover!”

Eric Rasmussen

Awards and Highlights

Awards and Highlights

“Be relentless and find a way.” – Paul McEnroe 

2023

  • Regional Emmy Award, Politics/Government: “Scrapped”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Business/Consumer: “Rejected”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Journalistic Enterprise – Team: “The Relentless”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Journalistic Enterprise – Individual: “Video or it Didn’t Happen”

2022

  • Regional Emmy Award, Politics/Government: “Billion Dollar Boondoggle”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Continuing Coverage: “Light Rail Safety Crisis”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Investigative – Multiple Reports: “Race. Reform. Reality.”

2023

2022

  • Regional Emmy Award, Politics/Government: “Scrapped”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Business/Consumer: “Rejected”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Journalistic Enterprise – Team: “The Relentless”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Journalistic Enterprise – Individual: “Video or it Didn’t Happen”

  • Regional Emmy Award, Politics/Government: “Billion Dollar Boondoggle”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Continuing Coverage: “Light Rail Safety Crisis”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Investigative – Multiple Reports: “Race. Reform. Reality.”

2021

  • duPont-Columbia Award: “George Floyd Coverage”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Crime: “Policing for Profit”
  • Regional Murrow Award, Investigative Report: “As outbreak simmered, emails show pork plant resisted testing”
  • Regional Murrow Award, Continuing Coverage: “George Floyd”

2020

  • Regional Emmy Award, Investigative Report: “On the U’s Dime”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Politics/Government: “The Deportation Business”
  • Regional Murrow Award, News Series: “Fall from Higher Ed”

2021

2020

  • duPont-Columbia Award: “George Floyd Coverage”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Crime: “Policing for Profit”
  • Regional Murrow Award, Investigative Report: “As outbreak simmered, emails show pork plant resisted testing”
  • Regional Murrow Award, Continuing Coverage: “George Floyd”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Investigative Report: “On the U’s Dime”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Politics/Government: “The Deportation Business”
  • Regional Murrow Award, News Series: “Fall from Higher Ed”
Eric Rasmussen - Emmy-award winning journalist
Eric Rasmussen - Award-winning 5 Investigates team

2019


  • Regional Emmy Award, Outstanding Reporter: “Eric Rasmussen Reports”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Investigative Report: “Born Under Suspicion”

2018

  • Regional Emmy Award, Outstanding Reporter – Investigative: “Eric Rasmussen”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Outstanding Report – Serious Series: “False Hope”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Specialty Report Politics/Government: “Rep on the Run”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Specialty Report Education: “Unlicensed and Unaccountable”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Specialty Report Health/Science: “Marijuana Mile”
  • Regional Murrow Award, Excellence in Video: “Marijuana Mile”

2019

2018


  • Regional Emmy Award, Outstanding Reporter: “Eric Rasmussen Reports”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Investigative Report: “Born Under Suspicion”

  • Regional Emmy Award, Outstanding Reporter – Investigative: “Eric Rasmussen”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Outstanding Report – Serious Series: “False Hope”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Specialty Report Politics/Government: “Rep on the Run”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Specialty Report Education: “Unlicensed and Unaccountable”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Specialty Report Health/Science: “Marijuana Mile”
  • Regional Murrow Award, Excellence in Video: “Marijuana Mile”

2016

  • Regional Emmy Award, Investigative Story: “Dangerous Medical Vans”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Enterprise within 24 Hours: “Rasmussen Reports”
  • Regional Murrow Award, Continuing Coverage: “Hotel Hell”

2006 - 2015

  • 2015 – Regional Emmy Award, Breaking News, “Napa Earthquake”
  • 2014 – Associated Press, Best Coverage of an Ongoing Story: “Odometer Fraud Exposed”
  • 2013 – Associated Press, Best Coverage of an Ongoing Story: “Stripping Funds”
  • 2012 – Regional Murrow Award, Hard News: “Hotel Arson”
  • 2006 – Regional Murrow Award, Continuing Coverage: “Following a Frozen Mystery”

2016

2006 - 2015

  • Regional Emmy Award, Investigative Story: “Dangerous Medical Vans”
  • Regional Emmy Award, Enterprise within 24 Hours: “Rasmussen Reports”
  • Regional Murrow Award, Continuing Coverage: “Hotel Hell”

  • 2015 – Regional Emmy Award, Breaking News, “Napa Earthquake”
  • 2014 – Associated Press, Best Coverage of an Ongoing Story: “Odometer Fraud Exposed”
  • 2013 – Associated Press, Best Coverage of an Ongoing Story: “Stripping Funds”
  • 2012 – Regional Murrow Award, Hard News: “Hotel Arson”
  • 2006 – Regional Murrow Award, Continuing Coverage: “Following a Frozen Mystery”